HENNIGAN, KEITH(Trinity College Dublin. School of Creative Arts. Discipline of Music, 2018)

This thesis aims to research and propose a possible framework or model for the creation and dissemination of liquid music recordings, defining this term in relation to others such as reactive, generative and so on. Results ...

In many of his interviews and writings from the mid-eighties, Ligeti talks of a crisis in his compositional output, and his move to a simpler style. This thesis takes the form of three detailed analyses of works which span ...

This thesis reassesses works by Pierre Boulez, both individually, and in comparison with John Cage during the peak of their correspondence, 1951-52. Chart material for the works by Pierre Boulez— Structures, Book 1 and ...

This thesis serves as an accompanying commentary for a portfolio of ten musical compositions composed between 2005 and 2009. The works presented incorporate a broad range of forces and performance contexts, from live ...

This thesis employs unpublished holograph sketch and draft material now in the possession of the Paul Sacher Stiflung, Basel, to investigate how serial deployment and the exploitation of row properties in the later works ...

Houston, Kerry(Trinity College Dublin. School of Drama, Film and Music., 2002)

This thesis examines the music manuscripts copied before 1800 that survive in the music
library at St Patrick?s Cathedral, Dublin. Prior to this study, these manuscripts had not
been investigated in a comprehensive way. ...

This thesis examines rhythmic construction in the works composed by Alban Berg between the years 1923 and 1935. It begins by discussing the type of rhythmic and motivic development which was an intrinsic part of the technique ...

This is a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in music composition. In the opening part (A), 1 comment on my musical background, environment and influences, including a shorter comment on the orchestra piece ...

This study reappraises the evolution of Arnold Schoenberg's method of composing with twelve tones by examining the interrelationship of his theoretical writings and compositional practice. Premised on the idea that theory ...

MASIN, GWENDOLYN CAROLINA HELENA(Trinity College Dublin. School of Drama, Film & Music. MUSIC, Trinity College Dublin. School of Drama, Film & Music. Music, 2012)

This thesis addresses a number of issues that have developed in the concepts and practices of
violin pedagogy and performance since World War II. In particular it identifies the ways in
which cultural transnationality ...